[ATTACH] South Korea issued the 100-Won coin in 1970, when it replaced a banknote of the same denomination. This First Series 100-Won was minted...
Here is the 2020 Bank of Korea Official Mint Set! The coins in this set are mint strikes, and not "proof" coins as seen in the earlier 2020 60th...
Leave it to North Korea to mint a coin showing a (North Korean) soul-soothing image of "an enemy" getting a bayonet to the throat... [ATTACH]...
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I was wondering if anyone here knows of a coin (regardless of nation) that the issuing authorities put into circulation based on its need in...
Here's an error coin that the Korean press did an article about in 1974. This is what you call an "uncentered broadstrike," correct? I read that...
I've noticed one underlying collecting rationale for some collectors is the pursuit of TPG-graded coins in the highest (or as high as possible)...
Wayne Homren over at the E-Sylum shared this video link from the Newman Numismatic Portal. It's about the Franklin Mint and from the early 1970s....
Is this a 1922 "No-D" Lincoln Cent? Or a "Weak D?" This coin appeared in an auction recently... [ATTACH]
I've seen some early Korean struck coins like this on eBay for a few months now. First, I saw them offered from some former Soviet republic. Now...
The Bank of Korea and the South Korean Mint, KOMSCO, have announced a 2020 Proof Set of the nation's circulation coins to mark the 70th...
I strikes me that this is an unusual choice of metal composition for a coin. The other reference to such an alloy in my cursory internet...
I wouldn't normally ask about how to find the NGC cert number from this barcode, but this one confounds me. The original poster was being cute by...
Take a look at this. What does "deleted" mean in TPG-speak? [ATTACH] The Seoul retailer, Soojip.com, is selling this very coin here (the second...
THIS LOT INCLUDES 40 COINS. See Photos. Selling as a LOT. Not as individual coins. That means I will not break it up for you, sorry. Pay via...
I am just wondering how frosting was applied to proof dies prior to the current laser application process. I learned about the pickling (acid)...
I'm not very knowledgeable about coining presses. Are there such things as coining presses that are specifically designed to press details into...
The first images below are what the current (2006~present) South Korean 10-Won coin looks like. It's the smallest-value circulating coin in the...
It seems to me that there are two common appearances to the dates one can see on the South Korean One-Won coin dated "1968." What is this...
During my research trip to South Korea this summer, I had the chance to meet with a major Korean auction house proprietor. During our discussion...
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